Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-07

s6orroW. but MS manner roa60ured me-
He greeted me with great cordiality and
presently invited me 70 60 around to his
rooms and see the green goods. His rooms
proved to be OF the top Of 9 high, building In
another part OF the town. Reaching them
he took big leather wallet from one Of his
pockets and spread out on the table before
me number Of new crisp greenbacks-
fves, tens. twenties and hfties. exam
ined them,with perfect amazement, never
having dreamed that counterfeiting could
After I had carefully inspected the samples
Samuel remarked; In earnest tones:
Now, DON'T want you to take these
goods SOLELY on my representation. ] al
ways treat my customers fair and square,
and don't wish them to trade with me nm
less they are perfectly satisfied that they
are getting the worth Of their money. Sup
poseyou 60 out on the street and test these
goods Here, take these" (handing me q;
five, 81 ten and twenty Ego to q bank or
9 brokers' ONCE and see il you have any,
difficulty in changing them. That'sa con-,
elusive testpf their merit. isn't lit"
i replied that i didn't see how . test
could be more satisfactory, and after q little
urging: did as Samuel suggested. Taking
the twenty iutoa brokers' Office, not with
out trepidation,I asked to be accommodated
with four fives for it. The broker handed
me four fives quicker than wink. Next I
went into bank, and producing my two
other samples; inquired OF the teller IL they
We're good. He sharply sorutinized them
and answered: a'Good as the wheat" That
settled it. I returned to Samuel quite pre-
pared to invest my entire 81, 900 in his .ex-
cellent green goods, bitterly regretting
that hadn't my remaining IS, 900 with me.
"Well," said Samuel, with the smile of
confidence upon his face as i REL entered his
rooms, show did my goods stand the test3"
made my report, whereupon he continued
with the air Of Old Reliability himself:
'tpd scorn to bring man clear down from
Maine to purchase goods Of me that we're
not A No. L." ~
Well, after some further talk purchased
81, 00O Of the green goods of Samuel, pay
ing my s., 600 for them. He remarked at
this point that he was not accustomed to
give every customer that came along as
good terms as he offered me, but that he
had taken great fancy to me because /
reminded him Of pet cousin OF his, q great
favorite in society, who had died q few
years previous. With this he excused
himself, saying he would 60 and get me the
green goods. He was absent about half an
hour, and on his return, counted out $4,000
in my presence, most of them in twenties
and fifties. This done he placed the bills
in neat black sachel, which he generously
offered to give me without extra charge;
locked the sachel and handed me the key,
remarking ''there you are" Then I handed
over my thousand dollars. He counted the
money and carefully deposited it in an in
side pocket Of his vest with the one word,
''scorrect:" Then he quietly observed in
tones Of fatherly solicitation: III I were
you I'd have that sachel sent to your adj
dress in Maine by express. It's the safest
PLAN" While he was giving me this advice
there came knock on the door. Samuel
exclaimed in an excited whisper, "Place
your sachel in that closet over there aud
keep mum-there's no telling who that ISL
Accordingly placed the sachel in the
closet and kept mum. The knock was re
peated.
"Come in," said Samuel. A nics- looking,
fashionably dressed gentleman entered,
who, on observing me, remarked, 'Ah,
Samuel, see you have company, SO will
not stop now. Can have word with your
Samuel excused himself to me as politely
as you please. and, going to the door, con-
versed with his friend for q few minutes.
Apparently the subject Of their converse
ton was of an agreeable nature, for they
both laughed heartily. Presently Samuel
came back, told me one or two good stories,
and then suggest ed that we proceed to the
went to the closet, returned with my sach-
el, and we started out.
As we went along he cautioned mo to
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quiet tongue in my head. Having left the
sachel at the express Office and got re-
ceipt for it, I bade Samuel goodbye, cor
daily inviting him to come and see me If he
ever was in my part of Maine. added
having made his acquaintance. II trust you
never may feel like altering your opinion"
he replied, with a wonderfully bright smile.
I think never met q stranger who made
so favorable an impression on me. Well,
gentlemen, see that you are all on q
broad grin, and the rest of this chap
ter of my experience with Samuel need
scarcely tell you. When l got home I
fastened to the express Office, got my
precious black bag, and hurryiug to my
room with it, locked the door and opened
it. still recollect how my mouth watered
as turned the key. To my utter amaze
ment and furious indignation I found OF
course that had been taken in and done
for. The bag contained nothing but pack
ages of brown paper Of the size of bank
notes. In fash sawthe true inwardness
OF the swindle Of which I was the victim.
had been shown genuine money by the
scoundrelly Samuel The samples which
had taken to the brokers' Office and the
bank were indeed as good as the wheat be-
cause they had been issued by Uncle Sam
"a very different individual from Sam
Hall. The closet in Samueps room doubt
less could be entered from the hall. 1t was
so entered and the bag with waste paper
substituted for the one containing good
money. For an hour after making this dis
covery how did tear around that rooml
Great Scottl it was terrible. At length 1
Gained down enough to consider what I'd
better do about it. Dread of ridicule and
the realization Of having been duped while
I was endeavoring to acquire counterfeit
money forbade my laying the matter before
the police. At length settled down on the
determination that would never rest until
I had got even and 2 little more with Sam
uel Hall. -,.-- *
Well, Of course, realized my determine
ton or wouldn't be telling you this story
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